Dagger (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

1979–1801 BC
Egyptian
Arms And Armor
Metalwork
copper alloy, ivory, wood
Egypt
Overall: 2 1/4 × 11 1/4 in. (5.72 × 28.58 cm)
80.1
Not on view
Daggers with wooden blades were offerings for the dead; those with metal blades, like this one, may have been used in daily life as well.
Dynasty 12
Middle Kingdom Period (2055-1650 BC)
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
“Pharaohs and Mortals: Egyptian Art in the Middle Kingdom,” Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge, MA): 19 April-26 June 1988; Museum of Liverpool (Liverpool): 18 July-4 September 1988.
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